US6624922B1 - Electro-optic device for adding/subtracting optical signals - Google Patents
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US5832148A (en) * | 1995-12-20 | 1998-11-03 | California Institute Of Technology | Electrically controlled wavelength multiplexing waveguide filter |
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US4236243A (en) * | 1978-04-20 | 1980-11-25 | National Research Development Corporation | Telecommunication systems |
US4773739A (en) * | 1986-03-05 | 1988-09-27 | Hughes Aircraft Company | Self-pumped phase conjugate mirror and method using AC-field enhanced photorefractive effect |
US5229878A (en) * | 1990-07-02 | 1993-07-20 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Method and apparatus for modulating light using semiconductor element having quantum well structure |
US5289489A (en) * | 1991-02-28 | 1994-02-22 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | All-optical light modulating apparatus and all-optical process for modulating light |
US5751455A (en) * | 1993-01-07 | 1998-05-12 | Nec Corporation | Optical transmission system and optical network terminals used therein |
US5832148A (en) * | 1995-12-20 | 1998-11-03 | California Institute Of Technology | Electrically controlled wavelength multiplexing waveguide filter |
US5909303A (en) * | 1996-01-04 | 1999-06-01 | The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | Optical modulator and optical modulator array |
US5959764A (en) * | 1996-09-04 | 1999-09-28 | Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha | Wavelength converter, optically operational device and optical pulse phase detecting circuit |
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US20080003842A1 (en) * | 2006-06-30 | 2008-01-03 | Sanjay Dabral | Circuit board-to-circuit board connectors having electro-optic modulators |
US20080122463A1 (en) * | 2006-06-30 | 2008-05-29 | Sanjay Dabral | Testing microelectronic devices using electro-optic modulator probes |
US7525723B2 (en) | 2006-06-30 | 2009-04-28 | Intel Corporation | Circuit board-to-circuit board connectors having electro-optic modulators |
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